Face painter slams mom who wouldn't let her son get a butterfly on his face.

On Saturday, a clown/children's entertainer named S. S. Markarian (according to Distractify) from Los Angeles tweeted a story about the danger of gender stereotypes, and how often young boys are socialized to like violence instead of beauty. Her story, told in a series of threaded tweets, starts with a picnic where she was painting kids' faces.

Hey everyone I'm a clown and I just got back from facepainting at a picnic and here's my take on male violence in America:

If a girl wants something like a shark or a skull painted on her face, no big deal, because, as Markarian explains so perfectly, "maleness and masculinity isn't a sin." But the same isn't always true for femininity.

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And when girls want skulls or sharks the parents shrug and laugh like "haha she's a kooky kid!" Because maleness and masculinity isn't a sin

The clown ends by saying, "So the next time you are incredulous about how the govt could shut down our national parks, or build the pipeline, or nuke the planet…Think about what this four year old boy asked for [a butterfly] and what he got [a skull]."

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Think about what this four year old boy asked for ? And what he got ☠️